Story Time: P is for Pigs
Story Time: P is for Pigs
How did the pig write his novel? With a pig pen. Or… what’s it called when a bunch of pigs compete in athletic games? The Olympigs. And… how do pigs write top-secret messages? With invisible oink!
All jokes aside, pigs are amazing creatures. They are one of the smartest domesticated animals and can be trained like dogs. They have a great sense of smell and make different sounds, like grunts and squeals, to talk to each other and express their feelings. So grab a pig book and have fun learning about these incredible creatures.
Join us Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. in the Community Room or Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Activity Room.
Ages 3-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
As children mature, they realize that certain behaviors cause certain responses. Having good manners means responding politely to people when they address you, and the rhyme, “Two Fat Pigs,” helps children practice polite greetings. ~Lambert
Activity
With your child, do the fingerplay, “Two Fat Pigs,” and then practice greetings with one another. You may want to put a small round sticker at the end of each thumb, or lick small pieces of paper to make them stick to your child’s thumbs.
Books Presented
Pigs Never Sweat! by Kelly Tills
Watch Out For Wolf! by Anica Mrose Rissi
You are Not Sleepy! by Mark Teague
The Sky Pig by Jan L. Coates
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean
(tune: Peter Cottontail)
Five pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen.
Wanted to go outside and play. Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud.
Landed with a great big THUD
Now there are four clean squeaky pigs. Oink! Oink!
Source: Storytime Katie
The Tail of a Pig
(Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The tail of a pig curls round and round, round and round, round and round.(circle finger round and round)
The tail of a pig curls round and round
All through the mud.
Additional verses:
The mouth of a pig goes oink, oink, oink…
The snout of a pig goes root, root, root…
The hooves of a pig go run, run, run…
The ears of a pig go twitch, twitch, twitch…
Source: Verona Story Time
My Pig is Rooting on My Head!
(tune “Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush”)
My pig is rooting on my toes, on my toes, on my toes
My pig is rooting on my toes –
Oink! Oink! Oink! (move bean bag to knee)
My pig is rooting on my knee…
My pig is rooting on my tummy…
My pig is rooting on my shoulder…
My pig is rooting on my head, on my head, on my head (balance bean bag on head)
My pig is trotting on my head –
He leaped away! Oink!
Two Fat Pigs
Two fat pigs
Met in a glen.
Bowed most politely,
Bowed once again.
How do you do? How do you do? And how do you do again?
How do you do? How do you do? And how do you do again?
Adapted from Two Fat Gentlemen
The Bean Bag
Chorus:
Throw the bean bag and catch
Turn around, turn around, stamp, stamp, stamp
Throw the bean bag and catch
Turn around, turn around, stamp, stamp, stamp
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Repeat Chorus
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Put it on your shoulder… elbow… knee… back now… stomach… finger… foot… arm now
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Put it on your head and walk around the room
Repeat Chorus
Source: Hap Palmer
Crafts and Activities
Pig Coloring Page
Pig Headband Craft
Additional Books
The Great Gran Plan by Elli Woollard
When a pig discovers the wolf’s plan to eat Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother, he rushes out to buy supplies that he will need to catch the wolf and save the grandmother.
Pigs by Gail Gibbons
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
